Related to a previous post about Michelle Obama’s effort to combat childhood obesity, we found this interesting article published by Time that discusses the links between childhood sexual abuse and trauma to eating disorders and obesity
In recent years, studies by both Felitti and others have largely confirmed the association between sexual abuse — as [...]
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New Study: Child Abuse Decline in U.S.
We found this encouraging story at Alternet
Finally some good news for a change! According to a congressionally mandated study, child abuse has significantly declined since the early 1990s.
How much of a decline are we looking at? Physical, sexual and emotional abuse combined dropped 26 percent between 1993 and 2006, and when you [...]
Bystander Helps Save a Child From Abuse
Here’s a “good news” story we found at OregonLive.com:
Fourteen-year-old Nichelle McKinney couldn’t believe her eyes.
She and a friend had just stepped into the darkened Avalon Theatre in Southeast Portland on Feb. 14 when she saw a man in the back row touching a 6-year-old girl who was on his lap.
“I thought I was [...]
Upcoming Conference: Prevent Child Abuse Texas
From an Email we Received from Prevent Child Abuse Texas:
24th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE
When: FEBRUARY 22-23, 2010
Where: SHERATON HOTEL, DALLAS, TX
“Make Prevention Your Priority”
[...]
New Report: Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths on the Rise
According to a new report by the Every Child Matters Education Fund, every day five children die from Abuse and Neglect in the United States.
Here are some of the findings:
Child deaths attributed to abuse or neglect vary significantly by state.
Kentucky had the highest rate of death due to child abuse and neglect in 2007 [...]
New White House Advisor on Violence Against Women Named
Lynn Rosenthal has been appointed as the new White House Advisor on Violence Against Women:
From the office announment:
Washington, DC – Vice President Biden, the author of the landmark Violence Against Women Act, announced today the appointment of Lynn Rosenthal as the new White House Advisor on Violence Against Women. Ms. Rosenthal is one of the [...]
Violence and Abuse: The Hidden Healthcare Costs
From a new report from the Academy on Violence and Abuse:
Violence and abuse leads to as much as a 250 percent increase in healthcare utilization in adults who’ve been victimized at some time in their lives, resulting in increased healthcare expenditures of up to $750 billion annually or 37.5 percent of all healthcare [...]
Child Abuse Pediatrics
In today’s New York Times, Perri Klass, M.D. writes about the medical profession and how they determine whether childhood injuries are accidental or the result of abuse.
Pending Legislation News
Here’s some news of pending legislation making rounds:
Introduced in Congress by Representative Barbara Lee (CA) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ), The Responsible Education About Life Act authorizes federal funding for comprehensive, medically accurate sex education for teens.
In Wisconsin. there is proposed legislation that grants judges the discretion to order GPS monitoring on [...]
Reports of Child Abuse Increase as the Economy Declines
Here a Reuters story we came across about our economy and its relationship to increases in child abuse cases:
In the last three months we have twice as many severe inflicted injury cases as we did in the three months the previous year,” said Allison Scobie, program director of the Child Protection Team at Boston’s Children’s [...]
